Day 3

Brown Girl Dreaming Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The Places We've Been

    Kind of Activity:

    Research

    Objective:

    Students will be able to consider the settings that make Jackie and her family who they are

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.7; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.8

    Structure:

    Divide students into three groups. Assign each group one place that Jackie and her family have lived: Columbus, Ohio; Greenville, South Carolina; Brooklyn, New York.

    Ask students to conduct research to answer the following questions:

    • What were these cities/regions known for in the 1960s and 1970s?

    • What might life have been like for a White family living there at that time? What might life have been like for a...

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